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Writings from Warriors in Recovery

A Warrior Called

October 19th 2024 A Warrior Called The other night a fellow warrior, a retired gunny sergeant and fellow alcoholic reached out through our recovery chat and wanted to talk. He wanted to talk about Ramadi,

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The Freedom I Seek

It’s not easy being a Human who struggles with addiction. My addictions were something I thought I had control over. This couldn’t have been further from the truth. In early August 2020, I was able

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What Recovery Is Like For Me

Whenever I would hear the word “Recovery” I always just thought of it as recovering from a surgery, an injury, being sick, in the recovery stage of cancer, I knew of addiction in recovery but

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9/11 Reflections

9/11/2024 9/11 reflections 23 years ago. Its hard to believe its been that long. I was actually sitting in Politics of the Middle East class when the department secretary burst into the classroom and told

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Got Your Six

My faith in a program of recovery was put to the test.  I was on a 9 hour mission to pick up a fellow addict and bring him into treatment.  It started well, picked him

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Recovery Journey: Fitness

07SEP24 My recovery journey: Fitness When I was in the Army, I took my job seriously and I observed and learned from whom I considered to be the better leaders I had access to. One

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